Chicago ? Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak and eat after cancer surgeries, said Friday that he is returning to television on a movie review show that he is producing for public television.

And, Ebert says, the thumbs up and thumbs down reviews made famous with his late partner Gene Siskel will return.

“This is the rebirth of a dream,” Ebert said in a statement.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Sun-Times film critic is producing “Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies” with his wife, Chaz Ebert. The weekly, half-hour review program will debut in January and be syndicated nationally on public television stations.

The show will feature co-host Christy Lemire of The Associated Press and contributing critic Elvis Mitchell of National Public Radio and former movie critic for The New York Times. Ebert will have his own segment on the show called “Roger’s Office,” during which he will use his computer voice to review new movies or talk about the state of film.